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Large-scale sports events are an important opportunity to promote regional economic development and enhance the city's image. The 15th National Games implemented the concept of "green, shared, open and clean" in organizing the games.

In order to align with the Olympic Games, the 15th National Games will also include skateboarding, surfing, rock climbing and breakdancing in the competition events.

Shenzhen News Network, August 18, 2024 (Shenzhen Business Daily Chief Reporter Wu Lei) Hosting events, hosting cities. When the Olympic flame slowly goes out, people's memories of the Paris Olympics are frozen. Wonderful, inclusive, open, and romantic, the Paris Olympics are marked with French imprints.

From November 9 to 21, 2025, the 15th National Games will be jointly held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and Shenzhen will host 12 competitive events and the closing ceremony. Large-scale sports events are an important opportunity to promote regional economic development and enhance the image of the city. What are the highlights of this sports event "at the doorstep" of the Greater Bay Area? What inspirations will the Paris Olympics bring to the 15th National Games?

On August 16, at the Youth Sports Group Competition of the 11th Shenzhen Games, young contestants competed in synchronized swimming. (Photo provided by the organizer)

More fashionable: showcasing the cultural charm and innovative vitality of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao

At present, the preparations for the 15th National Games are in full swing. During the Paris Olympics, members of the creative team of the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games went to Paris to learn and observe, hoping to bring back new technologies, new concepts and new applications for reference for the 15th National Games. It is understood that "Science and Technology + Sports + Culture" will be the highlight of the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games. The creative team of the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games revealed that the opening ceremony will creatively present the characteristics of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in terms of the lighting ceremony, cultural and sports performances, etc., and use the innovative scientific and technological power of the Greater Bay Area to achieve a deep integration of "Science and Technology + Sports + Culture", practice the concept of "green, shared, open and clean" competition, focus on cutting-edge fields such as green, low-carbon and carbon neutrality, combine artistic presentation with green environmental protection, and show the world the cultural charm and innovative vitality of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the new era.

The closing ceremony of the 15th National Games will be held in Shenzhen. According to relevant personnel of the Shenzhen Executive Committee, the preparations for the closing ceremony are currently proceeding in an orderly manner, and the closing ceremony will maximize the display of Shenzhen's scientific and technological cultural characteristics. It is understood that Shenzhen will integrate local resources, highlight the advantages of scientific and technological innovation and the role of leading enterprises, gather the advantages of Shenzhen enterprises, absorb and learn from the experience of sister cities, and strive to present a closing ceremony that is technological, fashionable, dynamic, and wonderful, fully demonstrating Shenzhen's positioning as a pilot demonstration zone, the characteristics of a "city of scientific and technological innovation", and the ecological environment characteristics of "mountains and seas connecting the city".

Greener: Creating a Carbon-Neutral National Games

As early as the bidding stage, Paris promised to host the most sustainable Olympic Games in history. In order to achieve this goal, the Paris Olympics reduced the construction of new stadiums, renovated stadiums, and turned some famous attractions into Olympic venues by building temporary facilities. The most well-known is that for the sake of environmental protection, Paris resisted many doubts and did not install air conditioners in the Olympic Village. As for the unavoidable Olympic-related carbon emissions, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee funded environmental protection projects and purchased carbon credits equivalent to the emissions. This series of actions showed the world the green and environmentally friendly Olympic spirit.

The 15th National Games will implement the "green, shared, open, and clean" concept of hosting the games, and will implement "environmental protection" to the end. It is understood that the 15th National Games will create a carbon-neutral National Games, and multiple venues will undergo green and low-carbon transformation and construction, and comprehensive use of building and equipment efficiency and carbon reduction measures will be used, with priority given to the use of green electricity and photovoltaic storage renewable energy; 90% of the 78 competition venues will be transformed and upgraded on the basis of existing venues, and the transformation and construction of venues will be enabled by technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and digital twins; the venues will be sustainably used after the games to radiate and drive national fitness.

On August 9, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong Province issued the "Notice on Comprehensively Implementing the Concept of Green, Low-carbon and Environmental Protection and Building a Beautiful National Games", which made arrangements for the ecological and environmental protection departments of the host cities to ensure the environmental quality of the Guangdong competition area of ​​the 15th National Games. The Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong Province introduced that in order to ensure the quality of the ecological environment during the National Games, it will strengthen the quality of the ecological environment of the Beautiful National Games from four aspects: protecting the beautiful blue sky, creating beautiful rivers and lakes, creating beautiful bays, and ensuring environmental safety. At the same time, in order to promote green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly games, the "Notice" also proposed to carry out five major actions, namely green venue construction action, green energy action, "zero-waste National Games" action, carbon neutral full-game action, and green procurement action.

More exciting: "Champions" gather in the Greater Bay Area

The National Games is a grand sporting event for Chinese athletes. If you have ever regretted not being able to watch the games in person in Paris, you are welcome to come to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in 2025 to witness the peak showdown between the "champions".

There is a joke in the domestic sports circle: "Winning the world championship is nothing, winning the national championship is the real skill." At the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team won the gold medals in table tennis, diving and synchronized swimming. At the 15th National Games, the competition among athletes from all over the country in these events may be more intense than the Olympics. Diving star Chen Yuxi once said: "Compared to the Olympics, the National Games is more competitive."

"Asian Flying Man" Su Bingtian will strive to appear in the 15th National Games. At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Su Bingtian, the Asian men's 100-meter record holder, appeared as a guest. Upon arriving in Paris and being interviewed, Su Bingtian publicly disclosed his retirement plan and future plans for the first time. Su Bingtian said that he would consider the 15th National Games as his retirement battle in his career, and he is currently carrying out recovery training in a planned manner.

On the evening of August 11, Chinese swimming star Sun Yang said in an interview with a certain program: "You will definitely see me in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao National Games next year." Sun Yang hopes to show his best side, including his physical condition and competitive state, at the 15th National Games, and give back to every fan and swimming enthusiast who has cared about him in the past few years.

In addition, in order to align with the Olympic Games, the 15th National Games will also include skateboarding, surfing, rock climbing and break dancing in the competition events. These four emerging events are youth-centered urban sports with strong inclusiveness and appeal. They have become official events in the past two Olympic Games. The addition of these emerging events will make the 15th National Games "younger, more urban and more open."